Monday, December 22, 2014

Rebuild on the Earth Oven - part 2

My first adaptation on the earth oven was to add a metal chimney with an air vent on the bottom.

Well, I finally felt the old thing was getting to a point that it needed some serious repair, and quite possibly to be torn down and rebuilt.  As I started digging in, I decided that I'd just re-do the doorway. Here it is with all the bad stuff removed:



Shots of first round of extra cob for a new archway door and official chimney hole.


Lucky for me I had help!


Add a few tiles, a bit of earthen plaster, and fire it up!  


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